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2023-05-05 00:48:38 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3AC395572166C1989C3D5F6A99635E58B4885C926AE9726A9F2C00CE462B80A7
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The right to a free press is guaranteed by the 1st amendment in the US constitution: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/#:~:text=The%20First%20Amendment%20provides%20that,for%20a%20redress%20of%20grievances. However, Julian Assange, the main publisher of WikiLeaks is facing extradition to America under the espionage act for publishing US war crimes. He was not the whistleblower. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105827493/julian-assange-extradition-explained
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